SUMMARY PROCEEDINGS OF AN INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP HELD IN NAIROBI, KENYA
6–8 OCTOBER 1986
ILRAD
GENETIC EXCHANGE IN TRYPANOSOMES
SUMMARY PROCEEDINGS OF AN INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP HELD IN NAIROBI, KENYA
6–8 OCTOBER 1986
ILRAD
INTERNATIONAL LABORATORY FOR RESEARCH ON ANIMAL DISEASES
P.O. BOX 30709 NAIROBI, KENYA
ISBN 92–9055–287–5
1986
Session 1: Genetic exchange in protozoa
Genetic mechanisms in ciliates and their relationship to surface proteins
Genetics of the human malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum
Genetic recombination in the trypanosomatid Carithidi Fasciculata
Session 2: Genetic exchange in trypanosomes––Epidemiological data
Genetic variation in populations of T. brucei spp: evidence for diploidy and genetic exchange
Sexual processes in natural populations of T. brucei and the epidemiology of trypanosomiasis
The status of T.b. gambiense and T. evansi.
Genetically distinct groups within T. congolense from the Kenya coast
Session 3: The genome and chromosomes of T. brucei
The number and structure of chromosomes in T.b. brucei nuclei: an electron microscopical approach
Structure of the T. brucei genome and an analysis of recombinational events
Session 4a: Genetic exchange in trypanosomes––experimental studies
Experimental approach to produce hybrid trypanosomes in Glossina
The frequency of hybrid formation during cyclical transmission
Isoenzymatic analysis of trypanosome populations and their progeny after mixed cyclical transmission
Nuclear DNA content during cyclic transmission of T. brucei
Analysis by flow cytometry of DNA synthesis during the life cycle of T. brucei
Session 4b: Genetic exchange in trypanosomes––experimental studies
Trypanosome hybrids generated in tsetse flies by nuclear fusion
Flow cytofluorometric (FCF) analysis of the DNA content of parental and hybrid trypanosomes
Session 5: Other aspects of genetic exchange
Towards a genetics system for Crithidia fasciculata
Ploidy of genetic loci of Leishmania major and attempts at DNA transformation
Small nucleic acids in Leishmania
Genes induced during meiosis in Tetrahymena.
RNA joining and the construction vectors for DNA transformation